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With new categories this year, including Renovation/Restoration, the 2013 Brick in Architecture Awards span almost half the country in 21 states, including green building practices that have earned LEED ratings.

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THE GILSON HYDRAULIC DIRECT DRIVE MORTAR MIXER-WITH FEATURES - UNMATCHED IN THE INDUSTRY

NO MOVING PARTS, GEARS AND V-BELTS.

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The Kirk-Van Orsdel Headquarters, located in West Des Moines, Iowa was named the second runner up in the Industrial-Commercial category of Masonry Magazine's International Excellence in Masonry Competition. The exterior of the building is gran

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Nov. 16-20-Masonry/Specifications, Materials, Construction seminar, Skokie, Illinois. Contact: Portland Cement Association, 5420 Old Orchard Road, Skokie, IL 60077. Phone: 708/966-6200.

Nov. 18-Building Envelope Seminar, Bost

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